Easter

Easter was a fun day, we had a big hunt with my family at my sisters house and the kids had a blast.  They got to ride a mini bike and had a blast playing with their cousins and eating lots of candy.  We colored eggs and ate lots of food, and got the traditional sunglasses from Nana with the porch picture to go along with it.  It was a really fun day.  Sunday we spent with Derek's family, the kids always look forward to the yarn game.  Grandma has yarn going throughout the whole house and little toys and prizes hiding along the way.  We also had a fun egg hunt, and plenty of yummy food to eat as well.

After... finally

Luci Isabella Fairclough

First time they got to see their new sister.  So excited and nervous!

They loved her immediately

Luci was born 4/21/2012 at 8:35 am.  She was a whopping 6lbs 5 oz.  20 in. long.  Luci was named after Dereks sweet grandma Lucille that just passed away from cancer.  She was a wonderful lady and the best grandma to everyone.  He middle name is after my Great Aunt that meant a lot to me growing up.
Overall everything at the hospital went really well.  I was getting really nervous but Derek helped me forget about it and calm down a little bit.  I was a lot more dizzy and nauseous during the surgery this time, but it went away after a while.  It was so fun seeing how excited the kids were to come see her.  Jace couldn't wait to get his hands on her.  Chloe was actually acting really nervous and didn't seem to want to touch her or hold her.  I later found out that it was because she heard the nurse say she hadn't had her bath yet so Chloe was afraid she was still gross and dirty like she had seen on TV when they come out.  :)  Kaden was afraid she would get his "germs" so he insisted on wearing his mask.  They love her so much (a little too much sometimes)  and are such big helpers.  It is so much fun having her here.  She is a really good baby so far, she sleeps a lot so I have to wake her up sometimes to eat because she is so tiny.  The second night home I woke up in the morning and jumped out of bed to see if she was still breathing because it was 9:00 am and I didn't wake up once to feed her.  She slept the whole night!!  The next two nights she only woke up once, it was nice but it did worry me a little bit.  It was of course was short lived because she is now back to being a normal newborn waking me up plenty!

Before...

Before...

Here we go, the night before, so many things are running through my head, don't think I'm going to sleep much tonight. So excited and so nervous. The kids are so hyper and just going crazy. I hope they get some sleep tonight. :) Thank you to all our family that will be helping us this weekend, you are wonderful and we couldn't do this without you. Off to bed to try and sleep, ha ha.

"Priceless"

This is Chloe's face while she was watching The Living Scriptures movie "Tree of Life" It was the part when the building was destroyed and all the wicked people were destroyed. I love her expressions and would have loved to hear what she was thinking.

A conversation with my kids...

I got this cute Idea from my sister and had fun talking with my kids and learning what they thought about some things. I also think it will be fun for them later to see what they liked and were interested in at this age.

KADEN

Whats your favorite
Cereal: Apple Jacks
Fruit: Cherries
Food: Spaghetti
Drink: Orange Juice
Toy: Beyblades
Tv show: Transformers
Movie: Super Hero Squad
Thing to do: Build a Snowman
Game: Candyland
Book: My bug book
Place to go: Landon and Brinlees
Color: Orange
Animal: Lion
Person: Landon
Candy: Chocolate
Why does the tooth fairy take your teeth when you loose them:
To give us money
What do you think she does with the teeth:
Puts them in her mouth? I don't know, what does she do?
What do you want to be when you grow up:
Fireman
What did you love dong this last year:
Going to School
Whats something mommy says to you:
I Love you
Whats something daddy says to you:
I Love You
Whats something you want to do this year:
Play spy games
Who are your friends:
Carter and Cooper
Are you a good friend:
yes
Why do you think so:
cause I'm nice to people
What are you afraid of:
Scarey sounds
Who is your hero:
Daddy
What is the hardest thing about being a kid:
cleaning
What do you think Dad does at work:
gives stuff to people
Where do you think food comes from:
restaurants
What will you do when you are married:
clean up
What do you love about...
Mommy: That she reads bedtime stories and sings songs
Daddy: That he lets me watch movies on his phone and plays football with me
Chloe: That she be's nice to me
Jace: That he gives me goodnight hugs
What do you know and think about Jesus:
That he loves us, that he won't let anything scarey happen to us if we ask him to help us, he died for us because he wanted to go up and see heavenly father.
Why do we go to church:
To hear the holy spirit and listen to jesus.
Why do you think Heavenly Father put us on earth:
Because he wanted us to Live and live in houses.
What do you think Heaven is like:
We can see people down here, I think it looks like heaven, full of nice people that died.

CHLOE

Whats your favorite
Cereal: The mushroom kind, I mean marshmellow
Fruit: Cherries
Fruit: Orange
Drink: Apple Juice
Toy: Doll
Tv show: Angelina
Movie: Spicable Me (Despicable Me) wait, my princess movie
Thing to do: Build a Snowman
Game: Dominoes
Book: Bell
Place to go: Park
Color: Pink
Animal: I don't have any favorite animals... wait, Giraffe
Person: Brinlee
Candy: "Suckies", I asked what are suckies and she said "wait, gumdrops"
Why does the tooth fairy take your teeth when you loose them:
To get money
What do you think she does with the teeth:
Puts them in a Jar and has a machine crush them all up cause she doesn't want all of them.
What do you want to be when you grow up:
Mom
What did you love dong this last year:
Went to the movie theatre
Whats something mommy says to you:
Yes
Whats something daddy says to you:
No
Whats something you want to do this year:
Play in the snow
Who are your friends:
Tristin and Trae, Landon and Brinlee, Carter and Cooper
Are you a good friend:
yes
Why do you think so:
cause I share and let them play with me
What are you afraid of:
Monsters
Who is your hero:
Kaden
What is the hardest thing about being a kid:
It's not hard
What do you think Dad does at work:
Carry heavy stuff
Where do you think food comes from:
"The store" where do you think they get it: "Jesus"
What will you do when you are married:
wear a pretty dress
What do you love about
Mommy: Letting me do stuff
Daddy: Letting us put up the christmas tree
Kaden: Letting me play with him
Jace: Cause he lets me dance with him
What do you know and think about Jesus:
He gives us food and toys, He gave us Christmas
Why do you think Heavenly Father put us on earth:
Cause we didn't have a home and to be with our family
What do you think Heaven is like:
Jesus is there, it looks like sky

Christmas

Christmas this year was awesome. We were so blessed and had a great Christmas this year. My favorite thing to do is spend lots of time with family and eat lots of great food. It was neat to sit down with the kids this year and really explain what Christmas is really for and them actually get it. Their faces were so priceless as we told the story. They loved setting up the manger scene this year and knew who each person was. For Christmas Eve this year we went to Derek's Moms house and had delicious homemade chicken noodle soup and lots of yummy snacks and goodies. My favorite thing that I look forward to every year is the peanut brittle and toffee. I can always count on Karalee to have plenty for me to enjoy. Great, now I am craving some. :) We exchanged gifts and it was so much fun watching all the kids get so excited everytime they got another present to open, and then tearing into it. The anticipation of waiting for their turn was great. Jace just didn't get that and tore into his, he even went a little overboard and was nice enough to open grandmas for her but we didn't notice till it was all the way open. He didn't really care what was in them, he just wanted to rip through that paper. Christmas morning was wonderful. The kids actually woke up themselves this year and had to wake us up. Thats never happened, usually we have to pull them out of bed and bribe them with the presents and candy that awaits them. I guess they finally get what is going on and just couldn't wait this year. After opening our gifts, Derek's Dad joined us for our new traditional breakfast of omlets. It was really fun to make them and actually really quite easy. After breakfast we headed to my sister Jeni's house to have more yummy food and exchange more gifts. It was so fun that we got to get my brother Mike and his family on Skype (after a long headache to finally get it to work) to exchange our gifts with them. I really miss having them here, but that was the next best thing. We had delicious ham and potatoes for dinner, then we played our traditional santa bingo that is always hillarious with my family and our little white elephant game. My mom is always so good to have great prizes for everyone. The kids loved it and couldn't believe they got to open more presents. It was such a great Christmas, I loved being with family and just having a great time. I just can't believe it's over.